Toxics Cleanup > Aquatic Lands Cleanup

Aquatic Lands Cleanup

The Aquatic Lands Cleanup Unit (formerly the Sediment Management Unit) of the Toxics Cleanup Program serves as the central planning group for Department of Ecology sediment management activities:

• Adoption and amendment of the Sediment Management Standards, Chapter 173-204 WAC
• Sediment source control activities
• Sediment cleanup activities
• Dredged material management

Further information is available about the following activities or areas of interest connected with the Department of Ecology's sediment management program:

• Sediment Management Standards
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Sediment Chemical Criteria
• SEDQUAL has been replaced by EIM \ MyEIM 
• Multi-User Disposal Site (MUDS) Project - Puget Sound Confined Disposal Site Study
• Sediment Publications
  • Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan Appendix (SAPA) Revised February 2008
  • Sediment Source Control Standards User Manual (SCUM1)
  • Sediment Cleanup Standards User Manual (SCUM2)
• Sediment Contact List and Expertise Directory
• Sediment Management Annual Review Meeting Minutes

Sediment Cleanup Sites

• 2005 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
• 2003 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
• 2001 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
• 2000 Sediment Cleanup Status Report
  
  
• 1996 Sediment Management Standards
  Contaminated Sediment Site List
  
  
• ASARCO - Tacoma
• Bellingham Bay Pilot Project
• Budd Inlet
  • Budd Inlet Sediments - Sediments Investigation Update
  • Frequently Asked Questions about Budd Inlet Sediments Investigation
  • Cascade Pole Olympia
• Commencement Bay/Nearshore Tideflats
• Duwamish Waterway
  • Lower Duwamish Waterway Source Control Update
• Eagle Harbor/Wyckoff
• Rayonier-Port Angeles
• Spokane River
• Whatcom Waterway/Georgia Pacific

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Other sediment-related links within Department of Ecology's website

Environmental Assessment Program

• Environmental Assessment Publications Related to Sediments
• Marine Sediment Ambient Monitoring
• Laboratory Accreditation
• Environmental Assessment Bibliography

Toxics Cleanup Program

• Model Toxics Control Act
• Site Information

Water Quality Program

• Water Quality Standards and Monitoring
• Water Quality Assessment (303d), Contaminated Sediment Listings
• Proposed changes to stormwater permits

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Links to other sediment management agency sites

• US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District Homepage
  • Dredged Material Management Office - US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District
  • Dredged Material Management Program (DMMP)/Puget Sound Dredge Disposal Analysis (PSDDA) Clarification Papers
  • DMMP Biennial Reports
    
    
• Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Homepage
  • EPA Region 10 Sediment Links
    
    
• Washington Department of Natural Resources Homepage
  
  
• Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team Homepage
  • Puget Sound Protocols

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Questions or comments about the SMU web page? Contact Sharon R. Brown at sbro461@ecy.wa.gov